Emerging Victorious
Platinum Pro Andrew Brown joins SCG to discuss his Pro Tour Eldritch Moon top 8, his unusual build of a breakout archetype, and how to pilot the deck correctly if you’re taking on the #SCGNY Standard Classic this Sunday!
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Building The Best Emrakul Deck
If GerryT is right–and he sometimes is–the #SCGNY Standard Classic will be the first signal that Standard is now an Emrakul, the Promised End arms race! Gerry studies how to prey upon the Eldrazi that is preying upon everyone else!
Your Guide To Jeskai Nahiri
Modern doesn’t have a “best” deck right now, but SCG Players’ Champion Jim Davis knows the one he’d rather be piloting! #SCGNY is on the way, and Jim has a definitive guide to playing what may be the greatest control strategy in the entire format!
Crazy Eights
Tom “The Boss” Ross makes a lot of top 8s for certain. But today he’s making a few in a different way! He’s talking about his favorite current Standard and Modern decks and then some in this can’t-miss #SCGNY preview piece!
The Boss VS. Ross: Bant Retreat VS. Kiki Evolution
Let the creatures and combos fly! Will Tom “The Boss” Ross use Knight of the Reliquary to force his foe to make a hasty retreat, or will Ross Merriam’s Eldritch Evolution toolbox deliver all the answers? Check it out ahead of the #SCGNY Modern Open on Saturday!
My Exotic Orchard: A Story Of Perspective
What does Magic success look like when you look back on it? What are the dangers of achieving too much too soon? In this wonderfully honest piece, Brad Nelson drops his guard and invites you to share in his insecurities as he traversed the bumpy landscape of professional Magic.
Gerry VS. Todd: Jeskai Control VS. Dredge
GerryT playing Jeskai Control in Modern? No surprise there. But Todd Anderson’s put up the Temur Box in favor of…Dredge?! Who’ll win this clash between a classic control deck and a Classic-winning combo build ahead of the #SCGNY Modern Open?
The Deck That Took Me To The World Championship
A Player of the Year title wasn’t enough for Mike Sigrist’s stellar Pro Tour legacy. Now, he’s got his eyes on the biggest trophy in the business! Read about how to pilot the newest powerful Standard deck in the metagame as you get ready for the #SCGNY Modern Classic!
Is It Time For Dredge To Win?
Hang out in the Pro Tour afterglow all you want; Todd Anderson is ready for #SCGNY Modern weekend! Believe it or not, the Temur master is thinking of trading in his tried and true Delvers for a lot of unfair replacement effects! Golgari Grave-Troll is unbanned, right? Let’s start abusing it!
Missing In Sydney, Australia
Sam Black rarely puts himself out there with the safest deck choice, and Pro Tour Eldritch Moon was no different. Here he provides the logic that led to his metagame call, his fascinating rogue brew, and what he anticipates the future holds for the archetype!
Banting At The Pro Tour
Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren almost got himself another Pro Tour top 8! How did he do it? By being the bad guy! See the improvements Shaun made to everyone’s favorite hated Standard archetype before you hit #SCGNY’s Classic!
Fact Or Fiction: The Great Pro Tour Debate!
It’s the series you can’t get enough of! We’ve separated all of the Pro Tour tech, the top #SCGNY Modern contenders, and a lot of debatable statements into two piles; it’s up to Tom “The Boss” Ross and Ross Merriam to sort them out!
The Pro Tour Eldritch Moon Review
Want a definitive breakdown of the decks that rocked the Pro Tour? Cedric Phillips is granting your wish! Check out his detailed study of what he likes, loves, and loathes from the decks that were all over the stage on Sunday!
Emerging Patterns
Michael Majors has been banging the emerge drum since spoiler season, and he’s finally getting his due! The Pro Tour metagame showed a variety of ways to get the strategy into the top tables of Standard, and Michael Majors is ready to outline the future of this very controversial mechanic! #SCGNY’s Standard Classic is on the horizon!
Disrupting Emrakul
The new big Standard target is the largest target of them all: Emrakul, the Promised End! How will the metagame react to the first lady of Magic destruction? Ross Merriam thinks you’ve got to throw her off her game before she gets anywhere near the battlefield, and he’s evaluating the best ways to do so for the #SCGNY Standard Classic!